Background
Preston, Beth Brown was born on March 7, 1953 in Cleveland. Daughter of James Beaty and Jeannette (Glover) Oliver.
Preston, Beth Brown was born on March 7, 1953 in Cleveland. Daughter of James Beaty and Jeannette (Glover) Oliver.
AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1976; Master of Fine Arts, Goddard College, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania, 1982; Doctor of Education, Temple University, 1982.
Assistant administrator, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, 1975-1976; secretary, American College of Physics, Philadelphia, 1976-1978; actuarial assistant, The Hay Group, Philadelphia, 1978-1979; secretary sociology Department, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979-1980; medical researcher, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1980; secretary membership division, University Museum University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981; substitute teacher English, Woodrow Wilson High School, Camden, New Jersey, 1985; medical secretary, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1986; Mellon postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1991; lecturer, fellow, University Museum, Philadelphia, since 1990.
Member Philadelphia Anthropological Society, since 1980. Served with United States National Guard, 1981. Member Poets and Writers, American Academy of Poets, Associated Writing Programs, Poetry Society of America.
Married Otis W. Brown Junior, September 4, 1973 (divorced 1980). Children: Otis William III, Tonya, David Junior, Andy, Connie, Thomas.